TOWN & COUNTRY.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12910, 26 February 1906, Page 5

TOWN & COUNTRY.

The annual general meeting of the Timaru Association Football Club will be held in IzzarcVs rooms at 7.30 p.m. tomorrow.

The groucde of both the-Timaru Bowling Club and' the Timaru Tennis Club are busy Scenes of an evening now, owing to play in the various tournaments. The Tennis Club finish up with combined games, receiving, entries.-up "to Saturday next. The Grand Lodge of the U.A.O.D. of Canterbury : District, will hold their annual xneetng in Timaru on Thursday and Friday, and possibly the meeting will extend, into Saturday. The meetinig will be held -ini the Forresters' Hall.

Two very heavy hail showers passed over Ctago on Saturday. { The first was at noon, and the second and heaviest of the two was at 7 p.m. Both were accompanied by vivid lightning and thunder. A good deal of damage was done to gardens. The hailstones were the size of average marbles.

The first heats in Mcßride's Fours of the Timaru Rowing Club will commence this evening, when crews stroked by lorgie and Parr will try conclusions. The other, co-ri-tests between "Mansford, Knight, and Nome are ; .yet to be arranged, but probably will be. got off .on Tuesday and the others on Wednesday. City ..peop-'e- are apt to believe that all or nearly all the wealth of New Zealand is to be found within their municipal boundaiies, but the wealth of all the boroughs in New Zealand is only estimated at £65,755,397, whiie the country districts—principally the farm lands of the colony—are valued at £131,929,028.

The other night'a Wai-iti road resident had his orchard robbed by some boys. The police were informed, and the names of the boys having been discovered, the culprits leceived a severe warning, and their parents were informed. The owner of the orchard requested that the boys be not prosecuted for this offence; but the: police do not intend to make this a precedent.

At the Temuka Police Court on Saturday, Archibald McKellar, aged 18, -was charged with assaulting a girl of 13, yriili intent to -commit a crime. Evidence -was taken showing that he called to the girl as siie was going along a back street, ran after her. and assaulted hsr. Aecnsed made no i?tatement to the Court, and was committed for irial at the next sittings of the Supreme. Court at Timaru. Messrs J. Blvth and G. M. Gentlemun, J.P.'s, occupied the bench. On Saturday afternoon the arcade was for some time . thronged with people, and a loud voice could be heard making statemen'.:, so that passers-by wondered' if someone ; was inciting a riot among the populace. It was, .however ,an open-air yuetion sale. The materials latelv comprising Messrs Priest and. Holdgate's outside workshop lay about sorted into heaps roofing iron in one, bricks in another, big window sashes forming a third collection? Mr J. B. Rutland, taking his stand on one and another of these, requested tho*e present to buy. They did so with eagerness, and the materials were cleared off at good appropriate values.

The report of the Borough overseer, to be presented this evening. to the Council for adoption, states that good progress ha 3 been maide with the various contracts in hand. The reforminig of the West Belt is _ in hand, and new asphalt channel is being made at a cost of 2is per chain from North to South Streets. The first truck of coal has been received -for engine and general purposes. The kerb and channel contract has made good progress and where this work has been done a large amount of clearing-tip is required. The filling up of the corner of Hewling street is almost completed, over 1600 loads have been delivered to date. The footpaths on the north side of ISTorth street have been top dressed. Water mains ordered have arrived, and a new mam is being laid in Beverley road, which will improve the circulation in the north eiid of the town. A good deal of trouble has been found in keeping drinking cup*-at the fountains. He lias therefore i-au. a couple cast, as an experiment. The : a. i.aiy Inspector's usual report will also h-i presented to the Council.

r ..;.uld you exchange a throbbing head;.i!ic xr buoyant relief? Then take steams' L'-asjJjhe Cure which-always re.igves so proaiftiy that it is now "used wheiever h=a.:s ache." ; ... ■

Jus: now it niay be, difficult to /imagine y-..u wi.l ever need a- iur or muff again. Still there is always' a.. sale for them when the season commences, and it is always -easier to get well suited the stock "is luhy complete with all the new. srvies. The shape of baas., more.than muffs, is" of paramo- n:-. importance.;'_■ The correct'thing can be best secured in the earlier part of the se:is-jn. Here are a few -novelty br.as, w;t.i the prices:— Six: .only verv" stvlish Grebe necke'ts, nicely lined .satin, latest. Sat shape, 16s 6d. Some very' lo.no- creme imitation bear '-sec-kleis, with "black spots, nicely finished with silk cord and e'c»ht tails, 14s 6d. A nice range of chinchilla necklets, with, muffs to match,- from lis 6d. The latesfe imitation ermine muffs and rnec-kets, cut in the'latest:approved style, 17s 6d, ?& 6d, etc. Two very handsome stone martin neckleis, the very tiling- to set off a stylish •costume.T—Penrose's Drapsry Establishment.—(Adyt.) egg's have the latest piano player. It's .'•■mbination of brains and machinery. "Only half the price of similar machines,' and is already driving its competitors from the market. It's named the'" Apollo," and is worked by a spring motor, the pedals being used solely for the production of loud and *oft effects. The turning over and bad if the music is done automatically. The 'fnob for regulating the Tempo pro-iu'-ed its effects instantaneously, and to a it'irked degree—while the slight pressure «■'* ■* button operates the pedals of the -s'i-'".o. A most useful innovation is the jibpifv by the turn of a screw to change t>io i.-pv in -wbieh the music is written, and ;i "riof-ial feature is the'fact that the pieces ni music may be hired, as boots are from « r>-, T culnting library, not . necessarily 7 11 ;.' 1 '" T , hus yon ' m *T have 'a repertoire «f tnousauds of pieces of mvrir to select S 2rtT Ch . Mb - Exhibitions are Jt"ea daily at Begg' s .-_(Advt.)

; A farewell social ■:>< Tubman wih be heki i; Hall to-morrow eveni: ; ;.

ltev. j ather liniaru Drill

As showing the p >|. ;, of the Wauganui River tourist a.... may be mentioned tnat 3000 psxs ~ve done, ihe trip sinice the begi':n.i- j^6cember.

The final dress i....... ior iuauame Angot taii.es place tc - . iuanu&enient point out that ... .-on is ior two nights only and re.|. - \u seals may be reserved as' soox. ~u.e.

At the Magistrate on Saturday, Mr C. A. vviay, b.->i . >*o men iordrunkenness, both 1.. .eis. lhey were convicted, and i* .. oacu, with, the alternative of 24 houi- . ineut. They '" took it out.". The win of the le., .. team on-Saturday is' clau;.. Leacner, Mr Hintz, as a win : . „n.ai exercise as well as for swiu. : The boys went in for an- i . . . fox the swimming contes., worked hard at their exercises ,:. ~.,: water.

The Garrison Baria, -.,.„. - their conductor, Herr Paul, g.-v • _. eiceiient and most enjoyable conce,- .>. Bay yesterday afternoon. _. was pleasant in the extreme, ai;. ...... auS a large attendance. The vane. l ;..; b i..rhme selected for the occasion was i i'..;. in tne baud's best-style, and was app;o- :." ; <_u accordingly.

Timaru is to lose one o! her most valued instructors of tbe youLg :,ir J. A. Johnson, M.A., headmasui ot" "the Trm-uu Main School, having received the appointment of Principal ;,i the Tasmanian 'Training College for t e.u iiei's at Hobart, a post carrying, we a salary of £SOO a year. Mr Ji.ii-son's many" Main School, having received'"the" appointment, while feeling also sorry to lose him. He is required to take up the duties of his new post in -April.

The next ordinary mouchly meeting of the Mackenzie County Council will be held at the County offie, iairlie, on Thursday, Ist March, at 10.30 o'clock, a.m. Mr Wreford has given, notice that he will move at this meetinig : "Tiat the resolution passed by the Council on. the 4th of January last, declining to pay for the use of the Cave School at the recent County election, be rescinded." Mr- Schlaepfer has also given notice to move: "That a gang of two. men, two horses and light dray, be got for use in the Tekapo .Rddine oi the County." '

At the invitation of the Rev L C Brad y> the members of St. Andrews Ladies' bruilct assembled in the vicarage grounds on lhursaay afternoon to welcome .their-late president, Mrs R, H. Rhodes, on her return to the colony, after a trip to the Mother Country. The gathering took the form of a garden party, "and various outdoor games, such as tennis and croquet helped to make the afternoon pass very pleasantly. After refreshments h;-d been partaken of, the vicar, on behalf of the Cruild, welcomed Mis Rhodes on her return to the -parish, and expressed a hope that her trip had been a pleasant To this briefly replied by thanking one; and all'for their kindly welcome. '..-.:..■. \

•The Post Office .recently set up some new piLar posting, boxes, of elaborate dealleged to : be water and match-proof. Ihe posting slot is at the top. and is protected by a rocking pull-down door of castiroc; its method of operation is not too obvious. On Saturday a well-known farmer with a letter to post encountered one of these boxes, and after regarding it suspiciously, started to post his missive; It was a long operation. He triedCevery.apparent crack in the machine, unsuccessfully. There is ay neat frame surrounding a legend appertaining to post. office business, and he endeavoured to'stick his letter through that. He was rapidly becom•ing annoyed, when . someone who knew, showed him how the thing worked. *

Mr James Hulbert, aged 21, son of an ex-Mayor of Chrktchurch, when in" England four years ago enlisted in the • Sixth Inniskillen Dragoons, with which he served- .three' years, though, he saw no active service, arid was then placed on" the reserve list. Subsequently he came to New Zealand and..became an employee in the Postal Department. The regulations provide that the term of reserve of eight years must be served in some part of the British Empire where a British garrison is stationed. No garrison is stationed ini this colony, and Hulbert has received notice to report himself in London, and if the order is insisted on Hulbert must throw up his position at Wellington arid, not being in affluent circumstances, work his passage Home and risk the chance of emplovment in London. Steps are being taken to' communicate with the High Commissioner and ascertain if reserve sen-ice could not be put in in this colony. Talking about threshing from the stook wliicli is condemned here as too risky in this unreliable climate, Mr Jas.. Wilson tells us that in Manitoba most of the wheat is thresled out of stook. . Threshing is one. erf the points in- which. Canadian practice differs very much from that of -\ew Zealand. The threshing machinies are- very different from ours. Thev are *elf-feedmig, and a man unloading a drav just throws the sheaves to the machine and tJiey go. The drums are peg-drums,, that smash up the straw, and the straw is blown away from the mill. There is no bagman, as the gram is elevated and run into a box waggon, which delivers it to the elexa.or or st oi e straight from the niiK topping it ,nto an underground bin 1.16 iuei used is straw, and part of the duty i s .to haul straw to the engine for fuel. Feedkg the furnace Is one mans job There are therefore few men about, a threshinig mill. The driver keeps things going right, the fire-feeder and waterman attend to their duties, and the machine does the rest, the farmer delivering sheaves in one set of waggons and taking away the grain with another! A long delay occurred on the railwav on .Saturday morning, through the overloading or the slow train from Oamaru. It was due at about 10 minutes to 11. but did not arrive till noon. It was a huge load tor one engine—2s.trucks of sheep, several of them .of double length ■ 12 heavy, trucks of merchandise, and eight passenger and iuggage waggons. The . south" express : was delayed twenty minutes till the -.tardy train and the "mid-day" slow train north had also to wait to take on through goods, and was at least'half an hour late .Ihere was a great- deal of indignant comment upon the delay occasioned; the many passengers by the slow train were in anything but good tempers. It was o-ener-si.ly remarked that! the load of sheep °eould and should have been sent bv a special tiam. particularly on a busy day like .Saturday. Many complaints were heard from passengers, and several failed to reach the banks before the noon dosing hour. On the previous Saturday the train was nearly half an hour late. This is a very serious matter to business men. who base -engagements on the running of the .trains to time, and the Department 'hoiiM ] o q].; i n t<> it. Saturday is market day here, and every effort should be mode to run to time table. The sta--io2in;;ster '• . explained that the dehiy of the heavy train was ;:ot altogether .due to its weight, .but was contributed to bv the "misbehaviour' of some of the brakes, which hung to the wheels.

A tennis match played on Thursday last between Temuka and Ashburton at the latter'B ground was won by Ashburton by 162 points to Temuka's 154 points. A strong and cold souther with rain b/ew during Saturday night. It was very cold for this time ot year, and the western ranges had a good deal of snow deposited on them.

New Zealand has 36,511,154 acres in occupation out of its area of 65,915,500 (Stewart and Chatham and other islands not included), and barely l-16th of the land at present occupied is even moderately closely settled.

On Saturday Captain Edwin advised as follows: : —" Strong winds to a gale from between north-west and west and south, glass fall but rise after 12 hours from now, tides high, sea heavy outside, rain probable, expect cold weather with rising glass."

Mr James Wilson, of Allandale, Fairlie, informs us that there is a good deal of Hessian fly in his wheat this year, and Messrs Stewart of Pleasant Point noticed the pest also. The Hessian fly was not heard of last year, and very little the year before, so that its existence was forgotten.

The following have been nominated as teachers' members of the Board of Control under- the. Teachers' Superannuation Act:—North Island—■ Messrs C. A. Erskine (Wellington). W. Foster (Wellington), W. T. Grundy (Wellington), G. Lippiatt (Pokeno, Auckland), W. N. Mcintosh (Onehunga); South Island —Messrs W. Davidson (Mornington), J. Jeffrey (Anderson's Bay), James Hamilton Harknees (Reefton), Thomas Hughes Waltham, Christchurch).

On Saturday evening a member of our staff had the privilege of viewing a very handsome haS clock, the work of skilled hands, not the least skilful being those of the owner. Miss Pigeon. The clock movement is very fine, and wm» supplied by Mr R. Ferguson, of the well known firm of Messrs Bower and Ferguson, watchmakers and jewellers of Timaru. The case for the clock is of solid walnut, specially selected for its evenness of grain and beautiful colour. Miss Pigeon's aitistic skill in design and taste and workmanship in the art of wood-carv-ing httve ra?V-ed the clock to a very beautiful ornament for a hall. The designs are ■varied, embracing folia ue. Hower and figure, all being treated "in. a Bold and spirited manner. The whole is a specimen that-the eye of t::e artist must delight inand is suie to be greatlv valued by the owner.. ■ • v

Mr John Melton, -who lias been for the past 55 years a member of the staff of the limaru Post and Telegraph Office, is to leave to-mon-r.w the town in which he has lived s o long, he having been, transferred to the Dunedui office. Mr Melton is almost a native of Timaru, having come here with ins parents when only two vears old, so that ce grew up with the voung t»wn and his earliest memories of it "include arms of tussocks and bul.ock teams. His tir-4 school was m Barnard street until the "newone was built. The latter is now the taller part of the Old Men's Home. He entered the combined Post and Telegraph service at the age of 14 or 15, the post office at that time being where Mi- Penrose's southern shop is now. The total staff the* numbered not more than seven or einbt all Kli J*— 011 6 7 aS absorbed bv'the Postal division of the office, and he has •been so closely identified with the work that be has not been called away even for a day ™w ° n J° U f d ° Utside recle «tion as'a volunteer He began his citizen soldiering as a member of the Timaru Cadets, which irer. attacheto the old ArtiUery Com vJL Jt% !° jomed the Canterburv Yeomanry Cavalry, of which c„rp s he was a member for 21 years, and wa* a senior when he vesigne* from its mem

TIMARU FLORAL SOCIKTY TTn^T? l^ 6 - me , etin S of Tininra JJiOwl and Horticultural Society was held on Saturday evening, when the following were present: —Messrs Beswick. Wallace Ellis, Irwin. Parks. Sealev. Mair. and the secretary (James K. Macdonald). As Mr Schmidt is at present laid up. the resift of last weeks accident, he Anil be unable to attend the meetings for some time to elected to fill the chair. Mr Beswick explained what had been done bv the variouscommittees, .all of whom seemed to be working hard to make the .Show an unqualrSed success. The ladies' committee will meet ou Tuesdav afternoon, and the sub-committee was-requested to meet the ladies m reference to the work tliev have done since their last meeting. The erection of staging, etc., was left in the hands or Air Parks, to procure the necessarv fittings, etc. The secretary was instructed to invite the chairmen and secretaries of kindred societies to the Show. Mr J F-lis was appointed to do all necessarv cartage, and Mr Beswick was appointed" assistant supervisor. Membership tickets are going oh steadily, and admission, tickets can also be procured from members of committee and the secretary. A vote of sympathy from the meeting was tendered *to Mr fcclimidt m his, recent accident, aud all members expressed the opinion that he would soon be about a-rain. A vote of thanks to the chair closed the meeting. SYNOPSIS OF XKW ADVF.RTISFMKXTS. Wool sale—At Theatre Roval to-morrow evening. Moss Jonas—Sale of furniture on Wednesday next. r< < -'- A - —Washdyke sale to-morrow, on Wednesday, dealing sale on sales for this week. Alburv sale <r Sth M^vdi. Perry. Perry and Kinnemev—Want a c'erk. Timarn Association Football Club—Meet to-moiTow evening. George Bowker—Town properties for T. nnd J. Thomsor.—Famous Colonial -\l-"nfact"rers: prices. Drill Hall— Social to Rev. Father Tubman, to-morrow. Theatre Royal—Madame Angot. Wednesday and Thursday.' Alex. Montgomery—Creditors Armit Simpson meet- on 2nd March. J. H. Rodeers—Specialty in bread, caterer for picnics, etc. T. Wagstaff—Fountain pens Is 6d to 12a 6d. always handy. Wanteds—Three notices.